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245 - The Conspiracy Theorist Who Changed His Mind - Tim Harford

You Are Not So Smart

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Why Do People Change Their Minds?

David Walliams: I want to come back to Charlie's story because this mystery of why he changed his mind and why the others didn't is fascinating. But before we come back to him, I wanted to ask David about your own views. You seem to have gone on a bit of a journey. At the beginning of the book, you're pretty much a fatalist. And not everyone is as obsessed with the problem of changing minds as you are. It felt like it was an opportunity to give myself some come-up of it.

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